It starts with a sunshiney hook ripped straight from the burned-out wreckage of the Partridge Family bus and ends in the blackest of nights, taking in vaudeville, glam rock, postpunk and fevered '70s AM radio dreams along the way. Debutante was Cait Brennan's first long player and first recorded collaboration with co-producer Fernando Perdomo. Recorded on a shoestring budget in just five days and self-released on her own label, the highly praised debut topped numerous 2016 best-of lists, made a healthy showing on the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll, got radio play around the world, and earned her a demo deal with Seymour Stein, recording with pop maestro Andy Paley and Fitz and the Tantrums' James King in the process. And -- after epic travails -- Debutante helped earn Cait a spot on the Omnivore Recordings label, which released the follow-up album, Third, in 2017.